Man dead after standoff at Sturgeon trailer park
Police confirmed a man died after a confrontation at a caravan park in Sturgeon on Tuesday afternoon.
Boone County Sheriff’s Capt. Brian Leer confirmed that the suspect was found dead upon entering the trailer around 7 p.m. No officers were injured in the shooting that began at approximately 2:30 p.m.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol will investigate whether the suspect was killed by law enforcement or shot himself, Leer said. The man’s identity has not been revealed.
Construction of U.S. Route 54 in Jefferson City will temporarily close travel lanes
Mid-Missouri community members can expect traffic delays along U.S. Route 54 in Jefferson City this month. Construction is expected to begin in June, but plans are currently awaiting final preparations.
Route 54 will remain open, but will reduce traffic to one lane in each direction, separated by a concrete barrier.
Chris Brownell, resident engineer with the Jefferson City project office, said one side of the Missouri River Bridge will be closed for construction, while the other side will have two-way traffic.
Execution date set for Missouri inmate as he awaits hearing on his actual innocence
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday set a Sept. 24 execution date for Marcellus Williams, even as the inmate awaits a court hearing on his claim that he was not involved in the murder that landed him on death row.
The state Supreme Court set the date hours after ruling that Republican Gov. Mike Parson was within his rights last year when he dissolved a board of inquiry convened six years earlier by Parson’s predecessor to investigate Williams’ claim of innocence.
Williams, 55, was convicted of first-degree murder in the 1998 death of Lisha Gayle during a robbery at her suburban St. Louis home. She was hours away from being executed in August 2017, when then-Gov. Eric Greitens, also a Republican, halted the process and ordered an investigation. Greitens cited DNA evidence that was not available at the time of the murder and that showed that the DNA on the knife used to stab Gayle matched that of another person, not Williams.
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University of Missouri seeks to eliminate racial criteria from scholarships and donated funds
Curators at the University of Missouri filed a petition last week to change the use of endowments from their original purpose of providing financial opportunities to students of specific racial and ethnic backgrounds.
“We no longer offer scholarships that are contingent or have race-related requirements,” MU News Office Director Christian Basi said in an interview with KOMU 8.
According to the presentation, the change would affect a minimum of 53 funds across UM’s four campuses by eliminating any “racial criteria” and leaving all other terms intact. A review of some of the funds shows that they can range from several thousand dollars to more than $100,000 each.
Three MU hazing cases dismissed for cooperating in related case
Three former members of the University of Missouri fraternity Phi Gamma Delta, commonly known as Fiji, had their felony hazing cases dismissed after agreeing to be cooperating witnesses in a related case.
Samuel Lane, Benjamin Parres and John James “Jack” O’Neill entered into deferral agreements after agreeing to cooperate and testify against Danny Santulli’s “fiancé father,” Ryan Delanty, if his case went to trial, the County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed. Boone to KOMU 8. Tuesday News.
The hazing cases are linked to a Fijian fraternity party held in October 2021 that left Santulli with brain injuries.
Columbia buys historic property with rich African American heritage
The Columbia City Council approved the $91,000 purchase of the historic Kirklin House at 107 Switzler St. at its meeting Monday night.
The house is a landmark linked to Henry Kirklin, one of the city’s most successful businessmen of the early 20th century. Kirklin was a renowned horticulturist and the first African-American instructor at the University of Missouri, although he was never allowed to lecture inside a classroom, only outdoors.
At Monday’s City Council meeting, supporters of the purchase argued that now is the time to act to preserve the property for future public use.
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